ISRO to launch radar imaging satellite on Nov 7, India’s first space mission of 2020
Chennai: The countdown for the November 7 launch of the Indian rocket, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C49 (PSLV-C49), carrying the country`s radar imaging satellite and nine other foreign satellites will begin on Friday.
The 26-hour countdown for the rocket launch will start tomorrow (Friday) from the first launch pad. The rocket with 10 satellites is expected to lift off at 3 PM on November 7 from the Sriharikota rocket port,a senior official told IANS.
The proposed launch will be the first space mission for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2020.The nine foreign satellites are from: Lithuania (1-technology demonstrator), Luxembourg (4 maritime application satellites by Kleos Space) and the US (4-Lemur multi mission remote sensing satellites).
